Wall-paper-display stand.



Patented lan. 30, |900. PARRISH.

WALL PAPER DISPLAY STAND.

(Application led. Dec. 21, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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SrlICIIlICN EUGENE PARRISII, OF TECUMSEII, I\'IICIIIGAN.

WALL-PAPERDlSPLAY STAM D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,253, dated January 30, 1900.

Application tiled December Z1, 1898. Serial No. 699,909. (No model To alt 1U/mnt it 'may coil/cern:

Be it known that l, STEPHEN EUGENE PAR- RIsH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tecumseh, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IVall-Paper-Display Stands, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

It is the object of my invention to obtain a wall-papcr-display stand which will assist the observer in judging of the effect of the different combinations of wall-paper by exhibiting them in the saine relation as they are intended to be placed upon the wall.

To this end my invention consists in a novel construction of display-stand and the peculiar arrangement, combination, and construction of the display-stand parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and shown.

In the drawings, Figure I is a perspective view of my wallpaper-display stand. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section thereof. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line :r fr, Fig. l. Fig. i is an elevation of a portion of the paper strip, and Fig. 5 is a section through one of the paper-holding rolls.

In constructing my stand I preferably make it in the form of on easel, as this can be stored when not in use in a comparatively small space.

In the drawings, in which I have illustrated this form of device, A is a frame, preferably of oblong shape, which is supported in an upright position by the folding standard B, hinged at its upper end to said frame. At or near the upper end of this frame is secured a lateral extension or overhanging frame C, which is also preferably hinged by means of links D, so Jthat when not in use it may be folded into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

E is a roll journaled in bearings and extending transversely of the frame A at the meeting angle with the frame C.

F and G are rolls journaled, respectively, at the outer end of the frame C and in the lower portion of the frame A, and F is a roll in rear of roll G. Over these rolls a strip H of the wall-paper to be exhibited is adapted to be drawn, and this strip I form of short sections of different wall-paper, each section being composed of subsections of thc papers intended to be used in combination. Thus, referring to Fig. Ll in the drawings, the strip II between the points a and l) is intended to represent one complete section of paper. That portion between c. and c represents the side wall-paper and between c and (l the border, while between d and is a section of the ceiling-paper. IVhen this strip is drawn over the rolls of the frame, the ceiling-paper will be exhibited face downward on the overhanging frame C, while the border will be adjacent thereto, below the roll E, and the bodypaper for the side wall below the border in the upright portion of the frame.

The strip H is preferably wound upon detachable rolls I, which may be secured in rear of the frame A. In the drawings I show these rolls as jonrnaled in the projecting blocks J in the rear of the frame,which have open slots e to admit the shaft of the rol1,which may be secured in position by a screw or other fastening device K.

Each ot' the rolls I is provided with a crankhandle L, by means of which the paper mayl be reeled from one roll to the other, and in this operation it will be drawn over the rolls F, E, and G, so as to exhibit the different sections of the paper successively in the frame. In order to give still more the appearance which the paper will have when placed upon the walls of a room, I preferably conceal the blank or overlapping edges of the paper strip by means of side strips M on the frame. These extend not only on the upright portion A, but also across the overhanging portion C, and produce the effect of a framed panel of the paper. These side strips M are preferably hinged to the sides of the frame, so that they may be thrown back, asshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, to allow the paper strip to be removed from the frame, and to hold the strips normally in position I provide suitable fastening devices, such as the buttons N.

Vith the display-stand as thus constructed after the strip has been placed in the frame it is only necessary for the operator to turn the crank-handles L to draw said strip from one of the rolls I to the other, and in so doing he will register the different sections of paper with the portions of the frame upon which they are intended to be exhibited, while the IOO zov

observer stationed in front of the frame will view the paper with the ceiling, border, and body of the wall-paper in precisely the position or relationship which they will have when placed on the Walls of the room. Thus he will be enabled to judge of the effect of any combination of papers better than if viewed separately.

In Fig. 5 Ishow the means which I preferably employ for detachabiy securing the paper strip to the roll upon which it is wound. This comprises the strip f, which extends longitudinally of the roll and is adapted to engage with a longitudinal groove therein, while the end of the paper strip is clamped between the said strip and the sides of the groove, as shown. With this device a number of different paper strips may be necessarily wound on the same rolls.

What I claim as my invention is- .1. A wallpaperdisplay stand comprising an upright portion, a forwardlyextending overhanging portion bearing against said upright portion below the upper end thereof, and inclined supporting-links for said overhanging portion pivoted thereto and to said upright portion at apoint above the bearingpoint of said overhanging portion thereon, the length of said links being su'iicient to permit said overhanging portion to be swung over in rear of said upright portion.

2. In a wall-paper-display stand, a frame having an upright portion and an overhanging portion, rolls journaled in said frame and a paper strip composed of alternate sections of side-wall and ceiling papers respectively of a length to be displayed on said upright and said overhanging portions, said strip being adapted to be drawn over said rolls to successively exhibit said sections.

3. In a wallpaper-display stand, a frame having an upright port-ion and an overhanging portion, rolls journaled in said frame, a paper strip composed of a series of sections of equal length each section comprising three subsections respectively of side wall, border and ceiling papers, the side-Wall and ceiling subsections being of greater length than the central-border subsection; said strip being adapted to be drawn over said rolls to exhibit said sections successively with the ceiling-paper subsection displayed in said overhanging portion, and the border and side-wall Subsections displayed on said upright portion.

4. In a wallpaper-display stand, the combination of a frame having an upright and an overhanging portion, a roll extending along the meeting angle of said portions, and a paper strip extending along said upright portion over said roll, and along the under side of said overhanging portion for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN EUGENE PARRISII.

\Vitnesses:

J. H. SMITH, J. Q. LOOK. 

